Chat Control is an EU law proposal set to be approved tomorrow, which will enforce surveillance software on our computers and phones

Share this information widely. We cannot let this be approved.

Chat Control is an imminent EU proposal that mandates devices (Android, iPhone, Windows, etc.) and applications to use AI to read everything we write and monitor images/videos we send, reporting to the government. Given the unreliability of AI, our encrypted conversations would be constantly sent to the government.

This is being justified under the pretext of protecting children, but it’s not convincing. We all know what this is for. 😡

Additionally, politicians will be exempt from this monitoring - it's only for us.

The voting is tomorrow.

Only Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Poland are relatively clear that they will not support the proposal, but this is not sufficient for a “blocking minority”.

Don't come to me with "I have nothing to hide". That's like leaving your house open for anyone to enter "just to look around", having cameras in your bathroom sending data to surveillance companies, and no curtains on your bedroom windows.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/majority-for-chat-control-possible-users-who-refuse-scanning-to-be-prevented-from-sharing-photos-and-links/

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/council-to-greenlight-chat-control-take-action-now/

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

So, what sort of videos and images don't you want the government to know that you're sending?

IHateViolence · 36-40, M

@LordShadowfire It's not "just" about videos and images. It's about being able to have private conversations without having a 3rd party reading the conversation. We, as humans, have the right to the privacy. It doesn't mean that every time we want to be private, we're doing something illegal.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@IHateViolence Yeah, mmm-hmm.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@IHateViolence I think that is what I struggle to understand. The internet is the most public forum imaginable. People can hide behind the anonymity of a screen, but at the end of the day it is the medium I am least likely disclose condidential data on. I am not sure how people came to identify communicating on it as a benchmark of liberty and privacy.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@SunshineGirl I think it's because we all like to think our little group of friends on the internet is private. That's because we're used to having groups of IRL friends, and nobody knowing what we're talking about. But we need to wake up to this fact.